Photos: Taiwan plane crashes into river

Rescue personnel work to free passengers from a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane that crash-landed into a river outside Taiwan’s capital, Taipei. (SAM YEH / AFP/Getty Images)

Feb. 4, 2015 7:19 AM PT

A TransAsia Airways flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge and crashed into a river in Taipei, Taiwan.

Rescue personnel lift a shirtless passenger from the waters around the wreckage of a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane that crash-landed into the Keelung River outside Taiwan’s capital, Taipei. (SAM YEH / AFP/Getty Images)

An injured passenger, center, is helped onto land by emergency personnel along the riverbank after a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane crash-landed into the Keelung River outside Taiwan’s capital, Taipei. (SAM YEH / AFP/Getty Images)

Rescuers search for pieces of the wreckage of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 in the Keelung River at New Taipei City. (SAM YEH / AFP/Getty Images)

Rescuers carry a victim from the TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 that crashed into the Keelung River at New Taipei City. (Ashley Pon / Getty Images)

Rescuers lift the wreckage of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 out of the Keelung River at New Taipei City. (SAM YEH / AFP/Getty Images)

Rescuers check the wreckage of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 on the Keelung River at New Taipei City. (Ashley Pon / Getty Images)

Rescuers lift the wreckage of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 out of the Keelung River at New Taipei City. (Ashley Pon / Getty Images)